10 Key Job Search Tips For New Graduates

By Alison Green

With a new class of college graduates preparing to earn their diplomas, millions of new grads are going to be trying to figure out how to find a job. Here are 10 key tips they should know as they enter into what is still a tough job market.

1. Don't wait to start job searching.

2. Include all of your work experience on your résumé.

3. Don't listen to every piece of job-search advice you hear.

4. Don't apply for everything you see.

5. Broaden your horizons.

6. Don't think you can't intern just because you're no longer a student.

7. Use your network.

8. Practice interviewing.

9. Make sure that your e-mail address, outgoing voicemail message, and online presence all portray you as a professional, mature adult and not a partying college student.